Halcyra NS-1996 Pro 2-Bay NAS (1GbE, M.2 Cache)
NAS Systems · Halcyra · SKU NS1996-PRO · Released 2020 · Updated 2026-10-23
Key facts
| Benchmark index | 3,237 (NAS Systems scale) |
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| Category rank | #6,204 |
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| Street price | $579 |
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| Power | 29 W |
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| Performance per dollar | 5.59 |
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| Released | 2020 |
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Specifications
| Brand | Halcyra |
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| Model | Halcyra NS-1996 Pro |
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| Drive bays | 2× 3.5"/2.5" SATA, hot-swappable |
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| Max raw capacity | 48 TB |
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| Processor | 4-core ARM, 1.7 GHz |
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| Memory | 8 GB DDR4 |
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| Network | 2× 1GbE |
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| M.2 NVMe slots | 2× (cache or storage pool) |
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| PCIe expansion | None |
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| RAID | RAID 0/1, JBOD |
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| File system | Btrfs, ext4 |
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| USB | 2× USB 3.2 Gen 1 |
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